Download this article in PDF format. If you search the internet for “transformer equivalent circuits,” you’ll get five pages of over 100 small circuit diagrams. Figures 1 and 2 show two typical ...

SMPS is the abbreviation of switching mode power supply, a kind of high-frequency power conversion device and a power supply device. Its function is to convert a level of voltage to the voltage or ...

This course introduces more advanced concepts of switched-mode converter circuits. Realization of the power semiconductors in inverters or in converters having bidirectional power flow is explained.

A recently granted patent (Publication Number: US11777412B2) describes a switching power supply apparatus that includes a switching circuit and an even number of transformers. The switching circuit ...

Low-power circuits commonly use transformerless power supplies. However, the use of earth grounds in many of these circuits creates a serious problem that is often ignored. The very popular Microchip ...

Piezoelectric transformers and power converters represent a frontier in power electronics, harnessing the direct electromechanical coupling of piezoelectric materials to transform electrical energy ...